Resistance to first‐line tuberculosis drugs in three cities of Nigeria

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Authors

Lovett Lawson · Zankli Medical Centre

Mohammed A. Yassin · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Saddiq T. Abdurrahman

Christopher M. Parry · Angkor Hospital for Children

Russell Dacombe · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

O. M. Sogaolu · University College Hospital, Ibadan

Juliana N Ebisike

Gertrude N. Uzoewulu

Abstract

MDR-TB is an emerging problem in Nigeria. Developing good quality drug susceptibility test facilities, routine monitoring of drug susceptibility and improved health systems for the delivery of and adherence to first- and second-line treatment are imperative to solve this problem.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 16, Issue 8, pp. 974-980

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02792.x

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